Spark SQL 抽样函数 ——TABLESAMPLE 的坑点

最近需要实现一段 Spark SQL 逻辑，对数据集进行抽样指定的行数。

由于数据集较大，刚开始的逻辑是，取窗口函数随机排序后 row_number 的前 n 行。但运行速度较慢，所以想起了 TABLESAMLE 函数，支持直接取 Rows， 尝试后发现速度特别快，基本上几秒内就完成对亿级数据的采样。所以好奇就去查看文档和代码逻辑。

TheTABLESAMPLEstatement is used to sample the table. It supports the following sampling methods:

• TABLESAMPLE(xROWS): Sample the table down to the given number of rows.
• TABLESAMPLE(xPERCENT): Sample the table down to the given percentage. Note that percentages are defined as a number between 0 and 100.
• TABLESAMPLE(BUCKETxOUT OFy): Sample the table down to axout ofyfraction.

Note:TABLESAMPLEreturns the approximate number of rows or fraction requested.

文档中没有对实现逻辑有过多的说明，所以去代码中找问题。

源码中，匹配SampleByRowsContext时，调用的方法是Limit(expression(ctx.expression), query)，也就是说和limit rows是一个逻辑。

而SampleByPercentileContext实服务器托管现的才是随机采样。

所以，如果对抽样的随机性有要求，还是老老实实用SampleByPercentileContext，或者窗口函数。

附 相关代码：

  /**
   * Add a [[Sample]] to a logical plan.
   *
   * This currently supports the following sampling methods:
   * - TABLESAMPLE(x ROWS): Sample the table down to the given number of rows.
   * - TABLESAMPLE(x PERCENT) [REPEATABLE (y)]: Sample the table down to the given percentage with
   * seed 'y'. Note that percentages are defined as a number between 0 and 100.
   * - TABLESAMPLE(BUCKET x OUT OF y) [REPEATABLE (z)]: Sample the table down to a 'x' divided by
   * 'y' fraction with seed 'z'.
   */
  private def withSample(ctx: SampleContext, query: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = withOrigin(ctx) {
    // Create a sampled plan if we need one.
    def sample(fraction: Double, seed: Long): Sample = {
      // The range of fraction accepted by Sample is [0, 1]. Because Hive's block sampling
      // function takes X PERCENT as the input and the range of X is [0, 100], we need to
      // adjust the fraction.
      val eps = RandomSampler.roundingEpsilon
      validate(fraction >= 0.0 - eps &&amp服务器托管; fraction 
        Limit(expression(ctx.expression), query)

      case ctx: SampleByPercentileContext =>
        val fraction = ctx.percentage.getText.toDouble
        val sign = if (ctx.negativeSign == null) 1 else -1
        sample(sign * fraction / 100.0d, seed)

      case ctx: SampleByBytesContext =>
        val bytesStr = ctx.bytes.getText
        if (bytesStr.matches("[0-9]+[bBkKmMgG]")) {
          throw QueryParsingErrors.tableSampleByBytesUnsupportedError("byteLengthLiteral", ctx)
        } else {
          throw QueryParsingErrors.invalidByteLengthLiteralError(bytesStr, ctx)
        }

      case ctx: SampleByBucketContext if ctx.ON() != null =>
        if (ctx.identifier != null) {
          throw QueryParsingErrors.tableSampleByBytesUnsupportedError(
            "BUCKET x OUT OF y ON colname", ctx)
        } else {
          throw QueryParsingErrors.tableSampleByBytesUnsupportedError(
            "BUCKET x OUT OF y ON function", ctx)
        }

      case ctx: SampleByBucketContext =>
        sample(ctx.numerator.getText.toDouble / ctx.denominator.getText.toDouble, seed)
    }
  }